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1. According to The Times of Israel, the Palestinian leadership has reportedly decided to reject Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal and instead launch a global diplomatic and legal assault on Israel. Israel’s Channel 2 news reported that the Palestinian Authority is currently setting up teams to wage diplomatic war against Israel in “every conceivable” forum, including pushing for boycotts of Israel and seeking legal rulings against Israel via international courts in The Hague. The Palestinian negotiators are said to be furious that Kerry is offering them a state “with no borders, no capital, no control over border crossings...and without Jerusalem.”

2. According to Reuters, In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar Assad just as rebel infighting has weakened the insurgency against him.

3. According to ChinaAid, authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are preparing to put an influential detained pastor who defended his church's land rights on trial on public order and "fraud" charges. A criminal charge sheet issued recently by a court accuses Protestant pastor Zhang Sha-o-jie of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order" and committing "fraud."

4. According to Prophecy News Watch, the concept of a "United States Of Europe" has been thrown around for decades as the solution to many of Europe's problems